reg ex question - finding a lack of white space

[lawrence]

Is this the correct way to find a string of characters that goes 40
spaces without any white space?

[^ ]{40}


Would this find a stretch with no white space, newlines, or tabs?

[^ \n\t]{40}

[Garp]

Re: reg ex question - finding a lack of white space


"lawrence" <lkrubner@geoci ties.com> wrote in message
news:da7e68e8.0 405311903.1787c caa@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> Is this the correct way to find a string of characters that goes 40
> spaces without any white space?
>
> [^ ]{40}
>
>
> Would this find a stretch with no white space, newlines, or tabs?
>
> [^ \n\t]{40}[/color]

You again!

\S (as opposed to \s) is non-whitespace.

Garp